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Imperial College London | Dr Thomas McKinnon

Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a large and complicated blood protein that is necessary for normal blood clotting. Low levels of VWF result in a tendency to excessive bleeding and high levels are associated with thrombosis (when a blood clot...

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker

When protein molecules are produced from genes contained within DNA, there is an intermediate molecule called RNA that, until recently, was thought to simply be there to produce the protein. Now, scientists know that there are hundreds of t...

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University of Edinburgh | Professor John J Mullins

In 2008 the BHF began a £34 million investment strategy to support four top UK universities as BHF Centres of Research Excellence, aiming to secure the UK’s future as a world-leading force in heart research. One of these institutions was th...

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University of Manchester | Professor Henggui Zhang

BHF has awarded a 3-year PhD studentship totalling around £100,000 to take place in the Biological Physics Group at the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester under the supervision of Professor Henggui Zhang and Professor...

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Two cheap and common drugs could be re-purposed as the first specific treatment for people who experience a type of stroke linked to nearly half of all dementias, according to the results of a clinical trial we have funded presented at the American Heart Association International Stroke Conference.

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St George's, University of London | Dr Daniel Meijles

Research suggests that a class of cancer medicines called Raf inhibitors can affect cell-protective mechanisms in the heart. This project will determine whether these drugs could have a detrimental effect in people with heart and circulator...

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University of Reading | Professor Jonathan Gibbins

Platelets are tiny blood cells that contribute to a blood clot following injury. Thrombosis is where over active platelets form a blood clot inside a blood vessel. Such clots can block blood supply to the heart or brain and lead to a heart...